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Be it known that I, HENRY H. SEYS, of Oil City, lin the county of Venango, aud State of Pennsylvania,

-havc invented a ne-w and useful Improvement in Suppositories; and I do hereby declare that the following is a.

full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had'to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specication.

`This invention relates to a new and improved method of treating certain diseases,- and the invention consists inthe composition of a suppository which, when introduced into the rectum, shall act mechanically in re-turning hemorrhoidal tumors and prolapsed portions ofthe anus, and retaining the extruding parts in place by pressure upon the blood-vessels, thereby lpreventing the tumors from filling, and also, by pressure, tend to their final abruption and cure; and, also, by such application, to bring in contact with the diseased tissues the astringent and healing substances of which the suppcsitory is composed.

I am aware that there is nothing new in the'use of suppositories forthe treatment of hemorrhoidal diseases as a vehicle for medicinal substances; nor is there any novelty in the use of the substances of which mine is composed; and, as is Well known, pessaries are not novel.- But suppositories so made as .to act as a pessaryLand at the same time as a vehicle for medicinal application, are believed to be new.

The formula of my suppositories for the'trcatmeut of hemorrhoids, Prolapsus am', and varicose hemorrhoidal veins, is as follows: Pulverized liar-seed or elm-bark, tallow, or tallow and wax, or cocoa-butter, or other suitable material, of sufficient quantity, alone or combined with sulphate of iron or tannin, orother suitable astringent. The extracts of stramonium, or opium, or morphine, or other suitable anodyne, may be used according to circumstances. The whole commingled by means of heat, and moulded into'a conoidal-shaped mass oi' suitable size for the treatment of different cases. Neither the sizes nor the quantities of the di'ereut ingredients used can be determined with any degree of certainty, -as different circumstances and conditions would render variations necessary. l

In regard to the'sizc of the suppcsitory, it should be sudicient to till the lower portion of the rectum, and so press upon the tumors and dilated varicose vessels as to prevent their filling with blood, and, resting upon the superior surface of the sphincter-muscle, act as a valve to prevent the tumors from prolapsing. The suppository, after remainingin the intestine a certain length of time, slowly dissolves or melts, and thusapplies to the diseased tissues the medicinal ingredients contained in it; the anodyne allaying the pain, and the astringente producing the desired contraction of parts. l

For the purpose of showing the method of forming and applying the suppository, and some ofthe different i A represents the rectum, and B the suppository.

Having thus vdescribed. my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A suppcsitory, which, While it acts in the rectum as a pessary and valve upon the blood-vessels, shall'impart the medicinal properties of which it is composed to the diseased vessels, substantially as described.

A suppository, composed of linseed-meal orpulverized oil-cake, or the two combined in proper proportions, or other. similar oleaginous or mucilaginous vegetable material alone, or mixed with suitable anodyne and astringelnt medicines, formed into a conoidalshaped mass, so thatwhen introduced into the rectum it shall produce the eli'ects as herein shown. and described.

forms of disease to which it is applicable, the drawings and Figures 1, 2, 3,4, and 5, are herewith submitted.

HENRY H. SEYS.

Witnesses:

. R. GoLBEE'r,

J. B. REYNOLDS. 

